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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Buness like this:
Buness or Bunness, a hamlet in Unst island, Shetland, near the head of Balta Sound. Buness House stands in its vicinity, and was the place where the philosophers, Biot and Captain Kater, conducted their experiments on the pendulum in 1817-18. A quarry of chrome ore on the Buness estate was the first source whence chrome was introduced to the British market.
Buness is now part of SHETLAND ISLANDS Council. Click here for graphs and data of how SHETLAND ISLANDS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Buness itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Buness, in Shetland Islands and Shetland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22416
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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